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I have spreadsheet data that I want to import into my database. I have created a database with the same columns as the spreadsheet.

I understand how to load a file into my database.

What I need to do, though, is prepare the data in a format that can then be loaded into the database.

I tried to save it as a tab delimited text file, and then when I loaded the data in, it didn't end up in the right columns. It seems that there were too many columns in the text file... (Although the spreadsheet has the right amount of columns.)